13 Jul 2010

Everything Is Broken

While I wait between various medical appointments, here's some more nonsense.....

There was a story this week about Bristol City defender Louis Carey scuppering his pre-season training by somehow injuring his heel while cooking at a bbq.

Brings to mind other bizarre injuries suffered by footballers, such as Richard Wright who once did his ankle falling over a sign during a pre-match warm up warning players not to warm up in the penalty area! Three years earlier he injured himself falling out of his loft. While at Everton there was a rumour that he cut his head walking into a Mind Your Head sign at a cinema. Might explain his generally accident prone career between the posts!

Dave Beasant once injured his foot by stopping a rapidly descending jar of salad cream from smashing on his kitchen floor by intervening with his bare foot. What is it with goalkeepers?

Steve Morrow was the unfortunate victim of Tony Adam's clumsy attempts to hoist him onto his shoulders after Morrow's goal had won the League Cup for Arsenal. Adams, always a two left feet sort of a bloke, dropped Morrow, who dislocated his collarbone.

Rio Ferdinand once did a tendon behind his knee as a result of having his feet up on a coffee table for hours while watching tv. This has to be the laziest injury ever - kind of fits the victim doncha think?

These two I looked up -

Alex Stepney once dislocated his jaw bawling out his defenders (not sure I believe it - but hey, he's a keeper so it's entirely probable).

Striker Leroy Lita apparently once damaged a leg muscle while stretching and yawning!

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